Poetic Devices Quiz

Poetic Devices

• Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words. Example: "She sells seashells."
• Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words. Example: "The rain in Spain."
• Consonance: Repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or end of words. Example: "pitter-patter."
• Figurative Language: Language using figures of speech to create effects beyond literal meanings, including devices like metaphors and similes.
• Free Verse: Poetry not following regular rhyme or rhythm patterns.
• Hyperbole: Exaggeration for effect. Example: "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
• Imagery: Descriptive language appealing to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste). Creates vivid mental pictures.
• Line: A single row of words in a poem.
• Metaphor: Direct comparison of two unlike things, without "like" or "as." Example: "Time is a thief."
• Meter: The rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.
• Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds. Example: "buzz," "bang."
• Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human things. Example: "The wind whispered."
• Rhyme: Words with similar ending sounds. Example: "cat," "hat."
• Rhyme Scheme: The pattern of rhyme in a poem, denoted by letters (e.g., ABAB or AABB).
• Simile: Comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as." Example: "Bright as the sun."
• Stanza: Group of lines forming a unit within a poem, similar to a paragraph.
• Tone: The poet's attitude or emotion expressed in the poem (e.g., happy, sad, angry).